...[Walsh] thinks we're ahead of the curve. But think about it for a sec. We're building long-lasting, trusting relationships with people who are spending a lot of money - Coke, Nike, Subaru. If we're f***ing lying, we can kiss it all goodbye. And if we were lying we'd do some stupid stuff to try to cover it up, wouldn't we? Does anybody think for a second that a secret that big wouldn't come out? Bill Stapleton

Boonen, without a doubt. Cancellara is a machine (in general) but not a specific cobble-man: he just rides incredibly hard. Boonen, however, is a true specialist. The way he rides on the cobbles (compared to others, and compared to himself on other surfaces) no one does. It's not a coincidence he won Roubaix (and other cobbled races) multiple times. He's a true specialist.

The Father of Clean Cycling, Christophe Bassons wrote:When I look at cycling today, I get the impression that history is repeating itself: riders who are supposed to be rouleurs are climbing passes at the front of the race, and those who are supposed to be climbers are riding time trials at more than 50 kilometres per hour.

Ryo Hazuki wrote:maybe because cancellara was injured last year and in 2011, he was a class act

being injured happens, it happened to boonen during the preparation for cobbled races in 2011 with several knee problems and crashes.

and he was a class act who lost, wasn't boonen a class act this year as well? i could swear he solo'd for 10k longer then cancellara did in PR 2010 and was the one that started the attacks on omloop, E3 and GW. only race where he rode defensively was on flanders.

should i include "rolleyes" in my post to pretend what your counter argument is, it's so pathetic it shouldn't even be taken in consideration like you like to do?

The Father of Clean Cycling, Christophe Bassons wrote:When I look at cycling today, I get the impression that history is repeating itself: riders who are supposed to be rouleurs are climbing passes at the front of the race, and those who are supposed to be climbers are riding time trials at more than 50 kilometres per hour.

what? you are not even making sense. i don't think ryo was still talking about the odds but why did boonen dominate this year, which seems to be because of cancellara's injury. funny enough i seem to recall cancellara racing both E3 and GW just fine so by the time he got injured at the ronde, the score was already 2-0 for boonen.

but you are right on one thing, i am really desperate to make sure people see my main man tom boonen as the best cobblestone rider, after all his palmares doesn't do it on it's own